 During the Normandy Campaign, this included the Battle of Odom, the fight for Hill 112 (Operation Jupiter), and the capture of Mont Picon.After the breakout from Normandy, the 5th Wiltshires would be one of the first two British battalions to force a crossing of the Seine River.On 25 August 1944, it, along with the 4th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, crossed the Seine in paddled assault boats.